Hyderabad : Karn Sharma, Cameron Green and Swapnil Singh claimed a couple of wickets each on top of a superb bowling effort to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs for their first win after six successive defeats in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here on Thursday.
Karn Sharma claimed 2-29 in three overs, Cameron Green bagged 2-12 in two and Swapnil Singh made his mark as an Impact Player by getting the dangerous Aiden Markram (7) and Heinrich Klassen (7) in 2-40 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru came up with a brilliant bowling performance after Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar hammered half-centuries to help them reach 208/7.
Cameron Green came up with a superb all-round effort, hitting a 20-ball 37 besides taking a good catch as SRH were restricted to 171/8 in 20 overs, chasing a stiff target of 207.
Considering that SRH has scored two of the biggest totals this season, it was a chasable target for them, but they failed to gain any momentum and slumped to their third defeat of IPL and remain in third position. RCB have now won their second match but remain at the bottom.
Sunrisers Hyderabad virtually lost the match in the Power-play as they suffered four setbacks — none more debilitating than the wicket of opener Travis Head for one run in the first over.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 206/7 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 51, Rajat Patidar 50, Cameron Green 37 not out; Jaydev Unadkat 3-30, T.Natarajan 2-39) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 171/8 in 20 overs (Shahbaz Ahmed 40 not out, Abhishek Sharma 31, Pat Cummins 31; Cameron Green 2-12, Karn Sharma 2-29, Swapnil Singh 2-40) by 35 runs